迦楼羅

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Japanese[edit]

 迦楼羅 on Japanese Wikipedia
 Karura on Wikipedia
Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: S

Grade: S
kan’on goon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
迦樓羅 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa)

Noun[edit]

()()() (karura

  1. (Buddhism) garuda; a type of guardian deity which takes the form of vast fire-breathing birds. Accounted as one of the eight legions in Mahayana Buddhism
    Synonym: 金翅鳥 (konjichō)
    Hypernym: 八部衆 (hachibushū)
    Coordinate terms: 天部, , 夜叉, 乾闥婆, 阿修羅, 迦楼羅, 緊那羅, 摩睺羅伽
  2. a gigaku mask in the form of a garuda head

Derived terms[edit]